‘Syabu users can turn aggressive’

KUALA LUMPUR: Addicts high on syabu are known to be unable to think straight and usually are unaware of what they are doing.

Former National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) director Datuk Dr Abd Halim Mohd Hussin said he believed syabu could make one aggressive to the point of being able to commit murder.

He said this was because the drug was a “stimulant”, thus was different from others such as heroin and morphine which usually brought a sense of calm and could act as stress relievers.

“From my experience, when a syabu addict becomes aggressive, he or she will sometimes claim to have heard voices telling him or her to do something.

“It is like syabu takes over the mind of its users.

“There have been cases where syabu is mixed with something else, and this can lead to death,” he said.

Halim had been asked to comment on the case of a 5-year-old boy said to have been killed by a close relative on Monday.

Unconfirmed reports have it that the father had been high on syabu and had told police who arrested him that he had killed his son because “the voices” told him to do so.